A Network of Southern African Communities Living Near Mines
Community Alerts, Collen Jolobe, Mpumalanga, Emalahleni, Ezinambeni, 2019/08/05 A waste on a landfill and disposable diapers a problem at zone 14 At zone 14 it’s a neighbourhood were I grew up, since I was a little boy until now I have grown. As people moved from other places it has been crowded. The biggest problem …
Community Alerts, Promise Mabilo, Mpumalanga, Emalahleni, Empumelelweni, 2019/08/11 Poor Air Quality in EMalahleni. Living in eMalahleni is like living in a very dark pit ,as lot of woman and children are more affected by the poor air quality in the area . The most affected people are you woman who have to carry the burden …
Community Alerts, Maria Madonsela, Mpumalanga, Emalahleni, Ezinambeni, 2019/08/12 Water scarcity, women’s unpaid labour and safety . Water is the very essence of life with the right to water recognised as basic human right not only by the South and Africa constitution but by various international human rights framework including the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. …
Community Alerts, Dumi Mkhuma, Mpumalanga, Emalahleni, Vosman, 2019/08/19 In VOSMAN under Elm IN Mpumalanga we have a problem of Seware leakeg. Which happens all the time and the whole Community is affected especially the Children. Who always play in the running Seware waste. and end up having rush and Difficult in breathing. we spoke to …
Community Alerts, Promise Mabilo, Mpumalanga Emalahleni, Ezinambeni, Empumelelweni, 2019/08/13 Energy costs is our burden even though we live close to Power stations. In Mpumalanga eMalahleni we have 12 power stations around. But the unfortunate part is that we don’t feel the presence of the Power stations through cheap and easy access to the energy they …
Community Alerts, Klaas Mokwana, Mpumalanga, Emalahleni, Ezinambeni, Empumelelweni, 2019/08/14 Water scarcity at Empumelelweni in eMalahleni.water is a source of life, as a human body has about 70% of water in it,water play a very significant role daily in our lives, which should result to everyone to love access to healthy nor clean water. Everyone has …
Community Alerts, Florence Mohlala, Mpumalanga, Emalahleni, Phola, 2019/08/18 Blasting is the most main problem in our community.Blasting is caused by the Mine.We are surrounded by many mines namely:Zuma mine, Ogies fontein mine,khuthala mine,Andru mine,Tau mine and South 32 klipspruit mine and they are under ground mines only Zibulo mine is an opencast.We the people of …
Community Alerts, Betty Mahlangu, Mpumalanga, Emalahleni, Kendal, 2019/08/19 Problem face by Kendal community BLASTING blastingis caused by the sarounding mines, there are 4 mines 1.MZIMKHULU MINING 2.VLAKFONTAIN MINE(ZUMA MINE) 3.FERRET MINE 4.SOUTH 32 (KLIPSPRUIT) They are all opencast and they are not far from the community if i can estimate they are 5000 mitre’s away …
Community Alerts, Maria Madonsela, Mpumalanga, Emalahleni, Ezinambeni, 2019/08/19 Water Water is the highest problem that affect the community. The problem is occur in mpumalanga emalaleni at extension 18 .the woman and the children they are affected by the challenge of water. As we know that water is the source of life. Woman wake up during …
Community Alerts, Collen Jolobe, Mpumalanga, Emalahleni, Ezinambeni, 2019/08/20 Water scarcity zone 14 which is widely known as eznambeni we have a problem of water scarcity. At nearby community close to were I stay it’s even worse they don’t have water at all, which is at extension 10. They survive by collecting the water. At zone …
Tunatazama is a southern African network of community organisations living near mines. This network is supported by The Benchmarks Foundation, Southern Africa Resource Watch, Zimbabwe Environment Law Association, Centre for Environment Justice, Associação de Apoio e Assistência Jurídica às Comunidades, Norwegian Church Aid - Tanzania, and the Maluti Community Development Forum.
